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2005 News Releases

12-28 Historic Log House Craft Gallery at Berea College completing energy-saving makeover
12-27 Philip D. DeFeo, Chairman and CEO of the Pacific Exchange,
elected to Berea College Board of Trustees
12-21 Berea College student Jessica Turner wins 2nd Annual Southeastern Kentucky Concept Challenge for innovative new business ideas
12-01 Holiday Berea Forum Dec. 13 features “Moving Expressions” in
dance
11-28 Kwanzaa Celebration and Feast at Berea College Thursday, Dec. 8
11-28 Berea College Christmas Concert 2005
11-28 Berea College to host 68th Christmas Country Dance School Dec.
26 – Jan. 1
11-28 Liane B. Russell speaker for Berea College’s mid-year
graduate recognition ceremony Dec. 11
11-16 Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? on the Mainstage
11-02 Berea College Concert Choir Fall Concerts Nov. 12 and 13
10-31 “Diversity in Spirituality: Implications for Wellness” symposium Nov. 3
10-31 Berea bookstore owner Harry Robie is speaker for Nov. 8 Berea Forum
10-31 Ensemble Kaboul plays multi-ethnic music of Afghanistan in concert at Berea College Nov. 10
10-31 Gypsy Jazz (twice) by Hot Club of San Francisco at Berea College Nov. 17
10-31 Four Berea alumni honored, lots of activities, this weekend during Berea College Homecoming 2005
10-17 “Bread for the World” executive director David Beckmann speaking at Berea College
10-17 Berea College’s Students For Appalachia 13th Annual “Hunger
Hurts Food Drive” Oct. 23-29
10-17 Berea Music Faculty recital Sunday, Oct. 23
10-17 Neil Simon’s “Rumors” opens at Berea College
10-12 Dirk Powell Band to perform at Berea College Oct. 27
10-11 Old Time music and dance rule at 31st Annual Celebration of Traditional Music at Berea College Oct. 28-30
10-10 2005-2006 Berea College Theatre Laboratory Season Announced
10-04 Nigerian scholar in residence at Berea College for six weeks will offer public programs on Islamic law and customs
10-03 Decendants gather at Berea as College honors founder John Gregg Fee Oct. 13
09-30 Berea College Costume Shop Making a Difference in the Community
09-29 Conflict resolution expert Dr. Jayne Seminare Docherty to speak on “Peace Building” at Berea College Oct. 20
09-23 Berea College Symposium on the Black Experience in Appalachia and America, Sept. 30-Oct. 1, features
prominent historians of American race relations Eric Foner
and Clayborne Carson
09-23 Baritone David Holloway and pianist Graham Scott to perform concert at Berea College Sunday, Oct. 2
09-21 Award-winning preacher Dr. Fred Craddock to lead “Accent on Christian Faith” week activities at Berea College Sept. 27-29
09-20 Students Engaging One Another through Leadership Conference
09-13 Berea College Offers educational and relief aid to displaced students and communities affected by Hurricane Katrina
09-12 $17.2 million Berea College GEAR UP partnership grant includes Berea and Madison County schools
09-08 Three new Westervelt Wood Workshops offered this fall at Berea College
09-06 Berea College President Larry Shinn speaker for Sept. 13 Berea Forum
08-30 Photography exhibit “Movers and Makers: Doris Ulmann’s portrait of the Craft Revival in Appalachia” opens with reception Sunday, Sept. 4 at Berea College
08-19 Berea College again ranked #1 by U.S.News & World Report
08-16 U.S. Sen. Jim Bunning at Berea College Aug. 16 to announce $500,000 DOE grant for science education equipment
08-12 The Gambia National Choir to perform colorful concert at Berea’s Union Church Saturday, August 27
07-23 Penny Loafers male quartet to Perform at Berea College Sept.11
07-23 Carillonneur from Poland performs last concert of Berea College Summer Carillon Series August 29
07-30 W.K. Kellogg Foundation Supports New Programs for Community Leadership at Berea College’s Brushy Fork Institute
07-12 Author and expert on “Social Entrepreneurship” David Bornstein speaker for non-profits luncheon at Berea College July 19
07-01 Mayo Clinic immunologist Dr. Chella David and Cincinnati environmentalist Drausin Wulsin elected Berea College Trustees
06-14 Carillonneurs from Portugal and Poland make Berea’s Summer Carillon Concert Series International
06-13 Portuguese Duo perform concert on Berea College Carillon July 18
05-20 Berea College seniors Ashonti Davis and Crystal Hampton receive Dr. William C. Parker Achievement Awards
05-19 Berea College grad Jessica Culver Clark and senior Tricia Feeney awarded $35,000 Compton Mentor Fellowships
05-18 Berea College grad Jonas Friddle awarded $22,000 Watson Fellowship for year of travel and independent study abroad
05-18 W.K. Kellogg Foundation Supports New Programs at Brushy Fork Institute
05-10 Community invited to Berea College Ecovillage Dedication May 13
05-07 Nobel Peace Prize Winner Archbishop Desmond Tutu speaker for 133rd Berea College Commencement May 22
05-06 Presidential Citation from American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance recognizes outstanding Berea College PE, Health and Athletics Department
05-02 Berea College Concert Choir and Chamber Singers Annual Spring Concerts May 7 and 8 feature regional instrumentalists
04-25 Nobel Peace Prize Winner Archbishop Desmond Tutu speaker for Berea College Commencement May 22
04-25 Eboo Patel to Lead Inter-faith Dialogue for April 28 program at Berea College
04-25 “Voices from the Mountains,” part of Berea College Earth Month activities, to feature stories, music, poetry and art about the destruction caused by strip mining
04-25 Agatha Christie’s “The Mousetrap” opens April 29 at Berea College New Audience Services Available
04-19 Berea College to celebrate 83rd Labor Day Tuesday, April 26
04-19 $100,000 grant from Schmidlapp Fund endows scholarship for Berea College’s single parent-student program
04-18 Former Pakistani “journalist at risk,” and University of Michigan Human Rights Fellow is speaker at Berea College Forum on “Islamic Fundamentalism: Problems and Prospects” this Wednesday, April 20
03-29 Newton Named Academic Vice President, Provost of Berea College
03-29 Amburgey Appointed Berea College Vice President for Finance
03-29 Blythe New Associate Provost for Advising and Academic Success at Berea College
03-22 Community and Alumni invited to Berea College Ecovillage for lunch with College President Larry Shinn and tour April 9
03-16 Free community bike program at Berea College set to begin April 1
03-18 Berea College Lady Mountaineers’ finish season as nation’s leading scorers in NAIA Guard Rebecca May named NAIA Honorable Mention All-American; Coach Bunky Harkleroad named KIAC coach of the year
03-11 Delegation from Berea College, including four original marchers, participating in 40th Anniversary Commemoration of Selma to Montgomery March for Voting Rights March 11-12
03-08 Contemporary quintet Imani Winds to perform at Berea College March 10 at 8 p.m. on Stephenson Memorial Concert Series
03-08 U.S.-India Relations expert and Berea College alumnus Dr. Sumit Ganguly to speak at Berea Thursday, March 17
02-14 Planetary astronomer and “comet hunter” Carolyn Shoemaker at Berea College Feb. 24
01-31 Berea College Professor Kingshuk Majumdar awarded major grants for physics research and study
01-31 Italian Comedy Opens Feb. 11 at Berea College: Farewell production from beloved theatre professor will feature community, faculty and student performers
01-31 Berea College Celebrates Black History Month